DATA STORY: India reports 31,923 new cases, 282 deaths added to toll

India on Thursday reported a net decrease of 349 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 301,640. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 1.62 per cent (one in 60). The country is eighth among the most affected countries by active cases. On Wednesday, it added 31,923 cases to take its total caseload to 33,563,421 from 33,531,498 — an increase of 0.1%. And, with 282 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 446,050, or 1.33 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 7,138,205 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Wednesday, India’s total count of vaccine shots so far reached 833,990,049. The count of recovered coronavirus cases across India, meanwhile, reached 32,815,731 – or 97.77 per cent of total caseload – with 31,990 new cured cases being reported on Thursday.
 

Now the eighth-most-affected country by active cases, third by deaths, second by total cases, and first by recoveries, India has added 216,096 cases in the past 7 days.

India now accounts for 1.62% of all active cases globally (one in every 60 active cases), and 9.43% of all deaths (one in every 10 deaths).

India has so far administered 833,990,049 vaccine doses. That is 2484.81 per cent of its total caseload, and 59.77 per cent of its population.

Among Indian states, the top 5 in terms of number of vaccine shots administered are Uttar Pradesh (102347723), Maharashtra (80830155), Madhya Pradesh (61749827), Gujarat (61589724), and Rajasthan (58649640).

Among states with more than 10 million population, the top 5 in number of vaccine shots per one million population are Kerala (1037112), Gujarat (964262), Uttarakhand (952417), Delhi (941837), and Karnataka (834525).

Backwards from here, the last 1 million cases for India have come in 28 days.

The count of active cases across India on Thursday saw a net reduction of 349, compared with 7,586 on Wednesday. States and UTs hat have seen the biggest daily net increase in active cases are Odisha (285), Mizoram (275), Himachal Pradesh (108), Jammu and Kashmir (86), and Goa (64).

With 31,990 new daily recoveries, India’s recovery rate stands at 97.77%, while fatality rate remained unchanged at 1.33%.

The Indian states and UTs with the worst case fatality rates at present are Punjab (2.74%), Uttarakhand (2.15%), and Maharashtra (2.12%). The rate in as many as 16 is higher than the national average.

India’s new daily closed cases stand at 32,272 — 282 deaths and 31,990 recoveries. The share of deaths in total closed cases stands at 0.87%.

India’s 5-day moving average of daily rate of addition to total cases stands at 0.1%.

India’s doubling time for total cases stands at 728.4 days, and for deaths at 1096 days.

Overall, five states with the biggest 24-hour jump in total cases are Kerala (19675), Maharashtra (3608), Tamil Nadu (1682), Andhra Pradesh (1365), and Mizoram (1294).

Among states with more than 100,000 cases, the five with worst recovery rates at present are Kerala (95.93%).

India on Wednesday conducted 1,527,443 coronavirus tests to take the total count of tests conducted so far in the country to 558,367,013. The test positivity rate recorded was 2.1%.

Five states with the highest test positivity rate (TPR) – percentage of tested people turning out to be positive for Covid-19 infection (by cumulative data for tests and cases – are Dadra & Nagar Haveli-Daman & Diu (14.74%), Goa (13.38%), Kerala (13.24%), Sikkim (12.49%), and Maharashtra (11.36%).

Five states with the highest TPR by daily numbers for tests and cases added – are Kerala (16.45%), Mizoram (14.7%), Sikkim (8.68%), Manipur (4.83%), and Meghalaya (4.63%).

Among states and UTs with more than 10 million population, five that have carried out the highest number of tests (per million population) are Delhi (1446270), J&K (1059030), Kerala (960966), Karnataka (688050), and Telangana (659163).

The five most affected states by total cases are Maharashtra (6531237), Kerala (4559601), Karnataka (2970208), Tamil Nadu (2650370), and Andhra Pradesh (2042073).

Maharashtra, the most affected state overall, has reported 3608 new cases to take its tally to 6531237.

Kerala, the second-most-affected state by total tally, has added 19675 cases to take its tally to 4559601.

Karnataka, the third-most-affected state, has reported 847 cases to take its tally to 2970208.

Tamil Nadu has added 1682 cases to take its tally to 2650370.

Andhra Pradesh has seen its tally going up by 1365 to 2042073.

Uttar Pradesh has added 15 cases to take its tally to 1709708.

Delhi has added 30 cases to take its tally to 1438586.